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Percentage of urban area

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Built and Natural EnvironmentUrban LandscapeBECPCTURBANGUFFB

Variable Definition

Total urban area (using both Global Urban Footprint (GUF) and Facebook population density maps) divided by the total area of the geographic unit, and multiplied by 100. Ranges from 0 to 100. Interpretation: Large value indicates a higher level of urbanization of the geographic unit.

Variable Information

Variable Name
BECPCTURBANGUFFB
Observation Type
area-level
Value Type
double
Domain
Built and Natural Environment
Subdomain
Urban Landscape

Coverage

Years Available
9999
Countries
Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
Geographic Levels
L2
Public Access
ⓘ Restricted (Contact salurbal.data@drexel.edu)

Data Availability by Country and Year

YearARBRCLCOCRGTMXPASVPENI
9999
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Available for download
Available but not publicly
Not available

Data Sources

ISO2YearSource
AR;BR;CL;CO;CR;GT;MX;NI;PA;PE;SV9999High spatiotemporal resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015; Facebook’s Population Density Maps

Data Access Information

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